I'm entering a bona fide writing competition! Have to create a monologue that doesn't exceed ten minutes, and if I'm one of the finalists then my work will be performed - in front of a sizeable audience, if the last time was anything to go by. I'm not sure if I can somehow angle the whole acting thing my way, which would be a disaster but a brilliant one nonetheless, so I'll pose the question and see if it gets shot down with torpedoes or not.
If I win, then it'll be quite a feather in my cap. Though admittedly all of my competitors will be much older than I am, with quite a few feathers in their caps already. Still, not even giving it a try? That'd just be stupid.